Oh no! Wife’s friend out of the blue with no discussion just gave her a small ornament for Christmas- now we have to scramble on Amazon to find a gift for her!!!! Oh **** wtf is going to happen to this friendship if the gift exchange isn’t mutual and roughly the same in both monetary and sentimental value??? Might as well just write her off and never talk to this generous friend again!!! Hey *****- here’s a December 28 pair of $11 earrings from a ******** boutique down on Fairfield. Glad to be friends!!!!

. It is this sort of thing I'm looking forward to in 2021.
* 2020 has been both the longest and shortest year ever for me. I turn 40 in May, so maybe that is how every year feels after a certain age but time has never been this way before.
I remember going to Krogers in March when there was panic buying and it looked like I'd been transported to Soviet Russia. Feels like yesterday. It also feels like every day since has been the same monotonous blur where the wife and I have waited to see if she's going to go back to the office full time so we can make a decision about selling our house, etc.
Of all the odd things about this year, that's easily the one that will stick with me -- the sheer volume of changes that came so quickly and then the feeling of endless waiting to see if or when things go back to before.
Pretty obvious at this point that there won't be going back on a lot of fronts. I just hope that we start prioritizing in person interactions rather than everything being endless Zoom meetings.
I'm kind of jealous of my brother who is a contractor some days. It would be nice on occasion to have a set schedule where you interact with co-workers in person.
* I had completely forgotten about the bowl game, tbh. I do not care one bit whether we win. I honestly just want to see the players have a good time and go out on a good note.
The football program needs a new year more than any one because Stoops had us rolling and all the COVID problems made this year feel like an endless chore.
Totally different vibe than with basketball.
I
like my football coach. I feel like I'm trapped in a loveless marriage with my basketball coach where I hope the fat sloppy ******* starts treating me like when we got together.
* Happy New Year to all you ****.